Planning completed on notebook paper due Tuesday for daily gradesRough draft due and Editing workshop on Wednesday for a daily gradesFinal copy typed on WORD due Thursday for test grade!
Assignment! Each student will... “Snapshot of a Dog” James Thurber p. 446 Adventures in Literature: you will write your own snapshot of a pet. Use Thurber’s writing as a model to create a formal piece of writing. You can/will create a wiki page with this piece of writing and can include a picture or two of your pet!
Paragraph 1 Introduction – Opening sentence to include what reminded you of the pet and a hook sentence to draw the reader in. You could mention here where the pet came from/how you got the pet 2-4 sentences
Paragraph 2 Description –Include the name of the pet, breed, appearance, and personality traits. 6-8 sentences
Paragraph 3Vignette – Students choose ONE incident involving the pet to write about. The piece will include:20+ sentences
expanded moment – taking one moment/incident/situation and expand it into a complete explanation/story
figurative language - Hyperbole
Adjective beginning – Using an adjective (ED or ING ending) at the beginning of a sentence. Snarling, Draco crouched low and waited for the raccoon to make a move.
Hyphenated adjective – (from Home and Other Big, Fat Lies) “Like the look-on-the-bright-side ones who go on and on until your head is ready to explode…” or She gave me that oh-no-you-didn't look after I told her what happened.
Absolute – Noun/ING – Tail wagging, ears twitching, Draco ran to greet me when I returned from my trip.
Spelling, capitalization, and punctuation Complete sentences, no fragments
Snapshot of a Pet
Planning completed on notebook paper due Tuesday for daily gradesRough draft due and Editing workshop on Wednesday for a daily gradesFinal copy typed on WORD due Thursday for test grade!
SNAPSHOT ESSAY
snapshot of a dog.htm
Assignment! Each student will...
“Snapshot of a Dog” James Thurber p. 446 Adventures in Literature: you will write your own snapshot of a pet. Use Thurber’s writing as a model to create a formal piece of writing. You can/will create a wiki page with this piece of writing and can include a picture or two of your pet!
SNAPSHOT ESSAY.doc
Snapshot planning.docx
Snapshot editing workshop.doc
FORMAT:
Paragraph 1 Introduction – Opening sentence to include what reminded you of the pet and a hook sentence to draw the reader in. You could mention here where the pet came from/how you got the pet
2-4 sentences
Paragraph 2 Description –Include the name of the pet, breed, appearance, and personality traits. 6-8 sentences
Paragraph 3 Vignette – Students choose ONE incident involving the pet to write about. The piece will include:20+ sentences
expanded moment – taking one moment/incident/situation and expand it into a complete explanation/story
Adjective beginning – Using an adjective (ED or ING ending) at the beginning of a sentence. Snarling, Draco crouched low and waited for the raccoon to make a move.
Spelling, capitalization, and punctuation
Complete sentences, no fragments